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Operating Systems Tutorial – This section contains tutorials and Articles on Operating Systems.

• Introduction to Operating System and their Types.
  Learn: In this article we will understand the introduction of operating system and the operations that are performed by any operating system and different types of operating system.
• Advantages and disadvantages of different types of Operating Systems.
  In this article, we are going to learn about the different types of operating systems, its advantages and disadvantages.
• Types, functions of User Interfaces of Operating Systems.
  In this article, we are going to discuss about the Introduction to User interfaces, functions of user interfaces and the classification of user interfaces in operating system.
• Services of Operating System.
  In this article, we will learn about the service provided by the operating system and some of the common service provided by an operating system.
• Process and its states | Operating System.
  Here, we are going to learn processes and its states (new, ready, running, waiting, suspended, terminated) in operating system.
• Memory layout of a process | Operating System.
  Operating System | Memory layout of a process: Here, we are going to learn about the memory layout of a process and its sections like: stack, heap, data and text.
• Process management of Operating system.
  Learn: In this article we understand the process management of operating system in out computer system. We understand how an operating system can manage running processes of our computer system? We understand the different states of any process.
• File Management in operating System.
  Learn: In this article we are going to discuss about the file management of operating system. How files are managed in operating system? What are the uses of files management in operating system? What are the different operations performed by operating system in computer system?
• File Management Functions of Operating System.
  Learn: In this article we learn the different function of file management of operating system. We learn the concept of file management function of operating system...
• File allocation method in Operating System
  In this article, we will learn about the file allocation methods in the operating system and also discuss the advantages and disadvantages of file allocation methods.
• File System and Access Methods in Operating System
  In this article, we will learn about the introduction of the file management system and also about the techniques of file access methods.
• Free Space Management in Operating System
  In this article, we will learn about the free space management and some techniques to implement the free space list in the operating system.
• Process Control Block in Operating System.
  Learn: In this article we understand the functions of process control block of operating system. We understand how process control block works and why process control block (PCB) is required for any system.
• Process Operations in operating system.
  Learn: In this article we are going to discuss about the process operations in the operating system. In this article we understand the different process operations which are managed by operating system.
• Process scheduling in operating system.
  Learn : In this article we will study about how an operating system schedules the different processes of computer system? What are the different criteria’s used by operating system to schedule computer system? What are the different types of schedulers used by operating system to schedule different processes of computer system? We will understand the functions of first come first serve, shortest job first, and round robin scheduling.
• Process synchronization in Operating System and Inter process communication.
  Learn: In this article we are going to discuss about the process synchronization in operating system and inter process communication. How can the operating system synchronize processes? What are the different solutions and algorithm used by the operating system in synchronizing processes of the operating system? What is inter process communication? What are the different methods used to maintain intercommunication?
• Deadlock in Operating System.
  Learn: In this article, we are going to study about the deadlock in the operating system. What is a deadlock? Why deadlock occurs? What are the various methods to avoid deadlock in the operating system?
• Deadlock and method for handling deadlock.
  In this article, we learn about the deadlock and also discuss about the methods for handling deadlock in operating system.
• Memory management in Operating System.
  Learn: In this article, we are going to study about the memory management of computer system by operating system. We understand what are the different activities performed by memory management of operating system?
• Memory Management Techniques in Operating System.
  Learn: In this article we are going to study about what are the various techniques used by operating system in memory management? What is Segmentation in Operating system? what is Paging in Operating system? What is Swapping in Operating system? How Operating system handle the memory management of computer system?
• Job sequencing (algorithm, time complexity and example) in Operating System.
  In this article, we will study about the concept of job sequencing with its algorithm, time complexity and example.
• Device and Security Management in Operating System.
  In this article, we are going to learn about the functions of device management and the security management in the operating system.
• CPU Scheduling | Operating System.
  In this article, we will learn about CPU Scheduling criteria, and CPU Scheduling algorithms.
• Disk Scheduling | Operating System.
  In this article, we are going to learn about the Disk scheduling in operating system and ways for selecting a best disk scheduling algorithms.
• Various Disk Scheduling Algorithms | Operating System.
  In this article, we are going to learn about the various disk scheduling algorithms along with its pros and cons in the operating system.
• Threading in Operating System.
  In this article, we will learn about Threads in operating system, and Benefits of multithread programming. Multithread models are also prescribed in this article.
• Thread Implementation in Operating System.
  In this article, we are going to learn about thread implementation, its states in Operating Systems.
• Cooperating processes in the Operating System.
  In this article, we will learn about the introduction of cooperating processes, and try to understand the reasons for which the processes allow the cooperation in the operating system.
• Multilevel Queue Scheduling in Operating System.
  In this article, we will learn about the introduction of multilevel queue scheduling and the various types of processes in multilevel queue in the operating system.
• Critical Section in Operating System.
  In this article, we will learn about the race condition, solution to race condition, critical section problem and try to understand the solution to satisfy the critical section problem in operating system.
• Classical Synchronization problem in Operating System.
  In this article, we will learn about the classical synchronization problem and try to understand the solutions for this process in operating system.
• Operating system solutions by semaphore.
  In this article, we will learn about the semaphore and the types of semaphore, its disadvantages and some hardware solution to critical section problem.
• Problem associated with Priority Scheduling and it’s Solution.
  In this article, we are going to learn about the problem associated with priority scheduling and its solution.
• What is hardware protection?
  Here, we are going to learn what hardware protection, types of hardware protection is?
• Issues related to resource preemption.
  Here, we are going to discus issue related to resource preemption in the operating system.